Mother–Adult Daughter Questionnaire: Psychometric Evaluation Across First- and Second-Generation Black Immigrant Women

• Published in: The Family journal (Alexandria, Va.) Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 168 - 175
• Main Authors: Muruthi, Bertranna A., Bermudez, J. Maria, Chou, Jessica L., Shivers, Carolyn M., Gale, Jerry, Lewis, Denise
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2020; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adult children; Adult daughters; Adults; Confirmatory factor analysis; Connectedness; Daughters; Discriminant analysis; Generalizability; Immigrants; Interdependence; Mothers; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Scores; Second generation; Women; psychometrics; mother–daughter; Afro-Caribbean
• ISSN: 1066-4807; 1552-3950
• DOI: 10.1177/1066480720906123

This study was conducted to determine the generalizability of the Mother–Adult Daughter Questionnaire (MAD) for first- and second-generation Afro-Caribbean women. The measure was created specifically to explore adult daughters’ reports of their relationship with their mothers in order to capture the values of connectedness, trust in hierarchy, and interdependence in the mother–daughter relationship. We test this cross-generational applicability to (1) determine the generalizability of the measure for first- and second-generation women and (2) assess whether the means of the subscales differ across first- and second-generation women. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the factor structure of the MAD with this population. The sample (N = 285) was comprised of reports from 129 adult daughters born in the United States and 156 born in the Caribbean. CFAs indicated that the scoring algorithm for the subscales fit these data well. Results indicated that the MAD subscales (Connectedness, Trust in Hierarchy, and Interdependence) were applicable and may operate similarly across first- and second-generation Afro-Caribbean women.